Hartman Company ad rates and notices
An old newspaper fragment shows Hartman Company at West Park Ave Tolpa with per week carrier rates and annual mail pricing. It includes postal and republication notices, Associated Press credit, and advertising policies, plus offices in New York Philadelphia Chicago and San Francisco.
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Hartman CO
West Park Ave
Renenac Inks
John C. Hartman
Sd A.W. Paterson
Treas
Gen
Megr
Wittenloo
Associated Press
Tse
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Crvingy
Dough
New York
Phiadelphia
Chicago
San Francisco
Story
Brooks & Pinter
Rep
Losing Control The perils of driver error in a fatal crash
Col Frank Galbraith of the American Legion was killed when the driver lost control of the car. The piece argues driving requires constant human control and attention, noting how a momentary lapse can send a vehicle into a gulch or ditch and ruin lives. It compares auto operation to railroading, urging vigilance in city and highway traffic. The column stresses safety depends on the driver, not the machine.
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Frank Galbraith
American Legion
As Gulch
Proposals for New Lincoln State From Idaho Panhandle Dividing Washington
Northern Idaho leaders push a plan to split Idaho at the Salmon River and sever Washington along the Cascades to form a new state called Lincoln. The proposal envisions ten Washington counties joining with Idaho panhandle counties to create a separate commonwealth.
Plan for Lincoln state near Washington outlined
The piece surveys historic proposals to create new states from large regions, noting Spokane as a potential capital for a Lincoln state carved from western Washington and southern Idaho. It compares past attempts in Texas California New York and Dakota and remarks on Wisconsin seeking Michigan’s northern peninsula while poking fun at science and current affairs.
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Idaho
Iowa
Washington
Indiana
Spokane
Northwest
Texas
New England
New York
Pennsylvania
California
Long Island
Manhattan
Gotham
Dakota
North
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Badger
Lincoln
Correct English Don’t Say: Immigrant Trade And Votes
Readers are urged to refine phrasing by replacing awkward forms with standard American English. The guidance contrasts immigration terminology and vote tallies, noting correct plural forms and avoiding redundant phrases in reported figures.
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América
America
Exterminating Mosquitoes By Oil and Community Action
Health Talks by Dr John R Huber stresses drainage and filling wet areas as the surer method of destroying larvae. One ounce of oil covers 15 square feet and lasts 10 days, with wind shifting forcing reapplication. A live health officer and community outreach are needed to eliminate mosquitoes and malaria.
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Board of ‘Trade
Gorgas
Panama
Palm Beach
Questions on Wasps Fish Oriole Nesting
Tomorrow's Nature Notes answers cover what wasps eat, clarify the true classification of goldfish, and confirm whether the oriole is the only bird with a basket nest.
Ladies Shoot At Mrs Tipton Bud Home
Colonial Craps Club ladies shoot at the home of Mrs Tipton Bud today. Folks seated with fake pearls face skepticism as the country acts on its orders amid tension and public disruption.
Wishin Time and Emergency Court Yard Tale
A rural verse piece mixes pastoral dreamlike imagery with a comic courtroom moment. The speaker describes lazy June days and blossoms while a farmer’s court scene ends with a humorous line about waiting to earn horses. The tone blends whimsy with rustic legal quips.
Last day to pay June installment of income tax
Historic reflection aside, the text notes today as the final deadline for June income tax payments. It argues labor bears war costs, while the American consumer also shares the burden, and comments that Congress often fights over peace, regardless of formal credentials.
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Janes Thomas
Labor, schooling and political temperament discussed
A Marshalltown Times-Republican editorial links unemployment and child schooling, arguing 3,000,000 idle workers and 5,000,000 unschooled children threaten citizenship and national progress. It urges training and education to turn children into skilled workers and improve the nation. The piece then profiles John T. Adams and Hays, noting Adams’s reluctance to seek office and its impact on his role in the Republican national committee.
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Marshalltown Times-Republican
Springfield
Mass
John T. Adams
Republican National Committee
Hays
Adams
Fifty Years Ago In The Courier June 17 1871
The Courier notes a feast of small items from the past. Dr SB Williams donated four bags of plemant fish. Wheat prospects appear uncertain, but cool weather improves the crop. Butchers pay 2 1/2 cents per pound for bogs. Butter sells at 10 to 11 cents per pound. Building boom lifts 50 to 60 private dwellings. G W Barnes returns from a sprained ankle, using a cane. A beer garden incident prompts local disapproval. A giant potato impresses W Ferry’s garden. Waterloo building growth shown, with Robert Morris LL D among speakers and Mason ic knights. Robert Morris, LL D., the Mason ic nations founder, is featured as the lecturer next week.
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SB. Williams
Althout
Forty Years Ago Glimpses From 1881 Local Life
Forties era notes recount a June 1881 gathering at Hon Lore Alford’s home, a sixtieth wedding anniversary for John and Mary Bailey of Spring Creek township, and public preparations for July 4 celebrations led by Horace Boles. Other items report a city marshal quelling underage billiards, a lightning strike killing a sow, new street commerce, steeple work at the Baptist church, and a mix of local anecdotes and hints of social disputes and personal finances.
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John Bailey
Spring Creek Township
Ne Crippen
Waterloo Leader J W Logan to Spend Summer on Coast
Twenty years ago J W Logan, longtime Waterloo business figure and former Courier editor, plans a western coast summer. The city faces a threatened new hospital, a blacklist for intoxicated men, and local social events at Sans Souci and Cyrus Corson’s home as community notes mingle with business moves such as Wilson Galloway buying Talterday property for an implement shop.
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J. W. Logan
Waterloo
The
Courier
Wilson-Galloway Company
Reinbeck
F. G. Talterday
Seventh and
Sycamore Streets
William Galloway
The Substitute Millionaire unfolds a web of deceit and romance
Millionaire Ilas Gyde is murdered by blackmailers posing as anarchists. Jack Norman inherits eighty million and hires actor Bobo to impersonate him. Bobo woos and marries Miriam Culbreth, while Jack uncovers fraud and plots to punish the gang. Tension rises as Bobo pushes for money during a staged caper.
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Jack
Riam
Miriam
Bobo
Iene
Ilas Gyde
Jack Norman
Gyde
Miriam Culbreth
Mary Dean
Walter Delemare
Willis Estabrook
Kate
Brain Tests By Sam Loyd Puzzle Clues in Maine
A railway station scene in Maine shows a hostier with a hose on a mule. The puzzle hints two Maine places through the visual joke, inviting readers to identify the locations from the staged exchange at the station.
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Sam Loyd
Maine
Friend Wife By ROE FULKERSON
A dialogue scene between Imogene and Andrew as they quarrel over modern life versus ancient mysticism and political dogma. Imogene ridicules his habits and language while he defends himself, ending with a playful jab about naming the wife a cat.
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Wife
Roe Fulkerson
Andrey
Ben Amar
Imogene
Andrew
Alldh Ames
Tigers
Cubs
Wilson
Yale
Bulldogs
Altho
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Reds
Tucie Sam
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John R. Huber AM
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Baleter
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Nature
Bouchton Mifflin CO
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Europe
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Biom
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LL. D
Lore Alford
Horace Boles
A T. Weatherwax
W. . Paxton
H. H. Bezold
Independence
Jesse Wasson
J. H. B. Bighmey
John Burk
A. Cottrell
A. Bartholomew
Samuel Owens
J. 7. Hoxie
G. W. Clark
B. Bahi
Fox Township
H. A. Lane
West Fourth Street
New Baptist Church
St. Louis
Peter Rechtfertig
Lake Minnetonka
Minn
Pine
Kiam
Miram
Waterloo Savings Bank
J. 9
Leavitt
R. M. Kingsley
G. 5. Pickett
F. L. Kimball
Thomas Cascaden, Jr
A. H. Frank
J. H. Leavitt
Ira Hadamar
Ira J. Hoover
James Carson
Cyrus Corson
James Corson
Bessie Norcott
Mansfield
P. J.martin
Li Jones
Norny
Black Hawk Coffea & Spice Co
Bobs
Black Hawk
F.C. Platt
C. D. Becker J
A. R. ‘Tilling
Thomas Welstead
B. B. Eberhart
C. A. George
Alfred Brown
F. Mathias
T. J. Humphrey
H. B. Allene
Cuff Jenkins
Sadie Hall
Cooking Club
Fred BH. Stewart
Kirk
Chicago Inter-Ocean
Buffalo
Sash
Miran
Marrek
Guiana
Jack Chanty
Hite
Hi i Deigh Rtona Reamnya Sores Caspany
Bose
Madagascar
Boho
Rodney Farms
Percy R. Wood
Leavitt & Johnson Bank
M. C. Smith
Commercial Bank
Hine-Thome Co
Ft. Dodge
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